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José Cardoso

Film professional

Professional profile

Biography

José Cardoso, Cuenca, Ecuador, 1984.

Graduated in graphic design, and self-taught illustrator, he ventures into film by means of stop motion, a technique he learned and developed in Catalonia, Spain, obtaining awards in Ecuador from the Ministry of Culture and the Animated Film Festival ANIMEC.

He travels to Mexico and South Africa where he works in fiction and documentary films as a member of Jiráfica Fábrica de Cuentos collective, films with which he is selected in international festivals such as the RAI Cartoons on the Bay Pulcinella Awards, Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya, Encuentros Cinematográficos Cámara Lúcida, and Anim!arte Brasil, where his work is awarded.

By winning the promotion funds of the Ecuador Film Council, he undertakes this documentary feature film and develops it in different film creation laboratories in South America, receives support from the Festival de la Orquídea in Ecuador for its production, likewise, the film is awarded in WIP FAM DE TODOS film festival in Brazil and in BoliviaLab.

Lately, he has won the postproduction funds by the Ecuadorian Film Institute, with this, his documentary debut entitled Iwianch, the Devil Deer.

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José Cardoso, Cuenca, Ecuador, 1984.

Graduado de diseño gráfico, y autodidacta de la ilustración, incursiona en el cine por medio del stop motion, técnica que aprende en Catalunya, España y la desarrolla obteniendo premios en Ecuador del Ministerio de Cultura y el Festival de Cine de Animación ANIMEC.

Viaja a México y Sudáfrica donde desarrolla cine de ficción y documental como parte del colectivo Jiráfica Fábrica de Cuentos, trabajo con el cual es seleccionado en festivales internacionales como el RAI Cartoons on the Bay Pulcinella Awards, Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya, Encuentros Cinematográficos Cámara Lúcida, y Anim!arte Brasil, en donde se premia su trabajo.

Al ganar los fondos de fomento del Consejo de Cine del Ecuador, emprende el presente largometraje documental, lo desarrolla en los laboratorios de creación cinematográficos en Sudamérica del Festival de la Orquídea en Ecuador, recibiendo de este un apoyo para su producción, el WIP FAM DE TODOS en Brasil y el BoliviaLab, donde la obra es premiada y gana los fondos de fomento de finalización del Instituto de Cine del Ecuador, con esta, su opera prima documental, titulada Iwianch, el Diablo Venado.

Professional work

Selected Credits & Filmography

25 projects
Director · 20 creditsProducer · 6 creditsWriter · 3 creditsEditor · 1 creditPhotographer · 1 credit
Editor

Miguel

Documentary, Experimental, Short

Rosa’s Waltz (El Vals de Rosa) poster
Producer

Rosa’s Waltz (El Vals de Rosa)

Documentary

Adivinación poster
Director

Adivinación

Short

Omen poster
Producer · Writer

Omen

Short

Flores poster
Director

Flores

Documentary

Flowers poster
Director

Flowers

Documentary, Experimental, Short

Behind the Mist poster
Producer

Behind the Mist

Documentary

Encuentro en la Carretera poster
Director

Encuentro en la Carretera

Short

What the soil remembers poster
Director

What the soil remembers

Documentary, Short

Weak Connection poster
Director

Weak Connection

Experimental, Music Video, Short, Student

Iwianch, the Devil Deer poster
Director · Producer · Writer

Iwianch, the Devil Deer

Documentary, Experimental

Encounter poster
Director

Encounter

Music Video, Short

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Hanan Hurin poster
Director

Hanan Hurin

Experimental, Music Video, Short

I dreamed Mexico poster
Director

I dreamed Mexico

Documentary, Experimental, Short

Outspoken poster
Director

Outspoken

Documentary

Awake and Dreams poster
Director

Awake and Dreams

Music Video

sister poster
Producer · Photographer

sister

Short

The Research Club poster
Director

The Research Club

Documentary, Short

En el cielo de mi calle poster
Director

En el cielo de mi calle

Animation, Music Video

Mr. Kriss Kruzz poster
Director

Mr. Kriss Kruzz

Documentary, Music Video, Other

Kañaris poster
Director

Kañaris

Animation, Short

Script. poster
Director

Script.

Short

The mysterious chilanga masked woman poster
Director · Producer · Writer

The mysterious chilanga masked woman

Short

YUMIKO poster
Director

YUMIKO

Documentary, Short

Mr. Hummingbird poster
Director

Mr. Hummingbird

Animation

Recognition

Awards & Official Selections

Grand Jury Award for the International Short Film Competition

Sheffield DocFest · Flowers

Winner of International Short Film Competition

Sheffield DocFest 2024 · Flores

International Film Festival Rotterdam

IFFR Winner Ammodo Tiger Short Film Award · What the soil remembers

Winner Best Documentary Short-Form

RIFFA Regina International Film Festival · What the soil remembers

Official Selection

Ann Arbor Film Festival · Weak Connection

Winner of Tom Berman Award for Most Promising Filmmaker

59th Ann Arbor Film Festival · Iwianch, the Devil Deer

Latinoamérica en Perspectiva

42. Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano · Iwianch, the Devil Deer

Découvertes Documentaires

33. Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse · Iwianch, the Devil Deer

Finalist

10th POY Latam · Iwianch, the Devil Deer

Mejor Largometraje Ambiental de América Latina. Competencia oficial Pantalla Verde Latinoamérica

4to Fincali Festival de Cine Ambiental de Cali · Iwianch, the Devil Deer

Official Selection

XX EDOC Festival Encuentros del Otro Cine · Iwianch, the Devil Deer

Selección Oficial

Festival Cortala Tucumán · Script.

Selección Oficial

Cine y Cangüil - Casa de la Cultura Nucleo del Azuay · Script.

Selección Oficial

Cine & Cangüil – Casa de la Cultura Nucleo del Azuay · The mysterious chilanga masked woman

Selección Oficial

Ciclo de Danza Butoh · YUMIKO

Winner

2022 Post-production Fund of the Ecuadorian Creativity Institute · Behind the Mist